Ms. Jennie Dang and Mrs. Brittney Meehan, third grade teachers at Murdock Elementary School, submitted their students’ suggestions on how we can be better stewards of our environment. So, in honor of Earth Day, April 22, EAST COBBER selected 14 “acts of green” to save the earth.

 

 

“When you’re brushing your teeth don’t turn on the water every second. Do you want to know why? It is because it wastes 5 gallons of water every second!”
~ Sarah Fleming

 

“Get this, you can actually recycle electronics. It’s called electronic recycling. For instance, you can recycle your old broken down computer.”
~ Lilla Golden

 

“It’s very important that the environment is protected. If you do your part in recycling and conserving, then you would be helping the environment. And remember, recycle, conserve and pick up litter!”
~ Isabella Sanchez

 

“If everybody recycled, conserved water, and followed the 3R’s, then that would make a big change in the U.S. If that happens that would be amazing.”
~ Adrian Thaiss

 

“You can’t recycle tissue because it has already been recycled before and it’s too thin.”
~ Ethan Hall

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH 4“There are so many things you can recycle, like grocery bags, Pringle cans, and waxy cartons.”
~ Marina Flegel

 

 

 

 

 

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH 1“You can conserve electricity by picking your snack before opening the fridge. That way you are not standing there with the door open letting the cold out.”
~ Emma Smith

 

 

 

 

 

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH 3“You can save energy by leaving the lights off when you don’t need them!”
~ Addie Aldridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Did you know you can reuse water! You just have to take dirty water from your bathtub and water your plants.”
~ Mahi Garimella

 

“Help us to protect the earth by recycling everyday and teach others how to recycle.”
~ Alejandra Alvarez-Diaz

 

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH 5“I love to recycle it helps you it helps me. It helps the world.”
~ Jonathan Vincenty

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH“If you want to help you have to start small so you can get used to it. First, you have to place a small bin in some rooms in your house or school. The bins could be anywhere from an old cardboard box to a professional bin.”
~ Elsa Shilling

 

 

 

 

 

“You can recycle shoes and you can go online to soles4souls.org and give away your old shoes.”
~ Cooper Hecklinski

 

14 WAYS TO SAVE THE EARTH 2“Don’t litter so the planet can be super-duper clean!”
~ Ewan Echeverry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reprinted from EAST COBBER’s April 2016 issue

 

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